Packaging Pivot | Sealed Air faces challenges in its Protective segment as customers shift away from plastic, prompting a strategic overhaul and focus on sustainable solutions |
Financial Forecast | Analysts project flat EBITDA for 2025, with Food segment growth offsetting Protective declines. Price targets range from $35 to $40 |
Sustainability Drive | Explore Sealed Air's efforts to capitalize on industry trends through recyclable packaging initiatives and expansion into paper-based solutions |
Balancing Act | Delve into Sealed Air's high leverage concerns and cost reduction strategies as it navigates market shifts and seeks to maintain its competitive edge |
Sealed Air Corporation provides packaging solutions in the Americas, Europe, the Middle East, Africa, Asia, Australia, and New Zealand. It operates through two segments, Food and Protective. The Food segment offers integrated packaging materials and automation equipment solutions to provide food safety, shelf life extension, reduce food waste, automate processes, and optimize total cost for food processors in the fresh red meat, smoked and processed meats, poultry, seafood, plant-based, fluids and liquids and cheese markets under the CRYOVAC, CRYOVAC Grip & Tear, CRYOVAC Darfresh, LIQUIBOX, Simple Steps, and Optidure brands. This segment sells its solutions directly to customers through its sales, marketing, and customer service personnel. The Protective segment provides shrink films, bagging systems, foam, inflatable, and suspension and retention packaging solutions to protect goods to e-commerce, consumer goods, pharmaceutical and medical devices, and industrial manufacturing markets under the SEALED AIR, BUBBLE WRAP, AUTOBAG, Instapak, and Korrvu brands. This segment sells its solutions through supply distributors, as well as directly to fabricators, original equipment manufacturers, contract manufacturers, logistics partners, and e-commerce/fulfillment operations. The company was incorporated in 1960 and is headquartered in Charlotte, North Carolina.
Metrics to compare | SEE | Sector Sector - Average of metrics from a broad group of related Basic Materials sector companies | Relationship RelationshipSEEPeersSector | |
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P/E Ratio | 13.9x | 14.9x | 0.0x | |
PEG Ratio | −1.99 | 0.13 | 0.00 | |
Price/Book | 7.8x | 1.6x | 1.6x | |
Price / LTM Sales | 0.9x | 1.0x | 1.2x | |
Upside (Analyst Target) | 26.0% | 9.3% | 23.7% | |
Fair Value Upside | Unlock | 4.0% | 0.2% | Unlock |